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<v Speaker 1>It's with d Y. I'm telling you easy. Boston's all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Last hour we talked about an experience I had yesterday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just gonna reset it real quickly. If you guys

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<v Speaker 2>want to talk about this and give me your point

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<v Speaker 2>of view on it, that's great. If not, we can

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<v Speaker 2>move on to a couple of other topics. But got

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<v Speaker 2>a couple of calls in the line, Angelo and Tim.

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<v Speaker 2>I will get to them. They've held over through the news.

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<v Speaker 2>So yesterday I'm heading to the gym around eight thirty

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday morning. And for those of you who are familiar

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<v Speaker 2>with the geography of Brighton, come to the I'm coming

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<v Speaker 2>down Lake Street from Cornmweuth Avenue and packed by Roger's

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<v Speaker 2>Park of the right big ball field, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>very little traffic, and so I catch a yellow light.

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<v Speaker 2>My weight light turns red and as I'm sitting there waiting,

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<v Speaker 2>I go to the gym this way every time, so

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<v Speaker 2>I can almost tell you how long to light is.

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<v Speaker 2>It's about, you know, a forty five second light. And

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<v Speaker 2>I happen to notice, as I'm sitting there, at about

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<v Speaker 2>the time the light is likely going to turn, there's

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<v Speaker 2>a guy coming down Washington Street heading to Oak Square,

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<v Speaker 2>and he is flying flying, He's going I'm guessing thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five maybe forty miles an hour. Now he is going down.

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<v Speaker 2>If you know the topography there, Oak Square is headed down.

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<v Speaker 2>He's got all sorts of momentum. He looks like an

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<v Speaker 2>older guy. He almost looks to me like he's wearing

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<v Speaker 2>like his pajamas in a bathrobe or something. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>He just looked odd, kind of wild here, looked like

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<v Speaker 2>what sort of what you call like the nutty professional look.

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<v Speaker 2>And I realize he's not going to stop. This light

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<v Speaker 2>is going to turn, which it did turned green for me,

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<v Speaker 2>red for him, and he was still a good I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, thirty forty yards from the intersection, never slowed

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<v Speaker 2>down and just through the light. I thank god that

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<v Speaker 2>I was aware of him, because if I hit for

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<v Speaker 2>whatever reason and daydreaming had not looked and caught him

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<v Speaker 2>coming at that speed, I was thinking to myself, this

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<v Speaker 2>guy's just going to blow the light. He just blew

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<v Speaker 2>through the light. I mean, and he was going thirty

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<v Speaker 2>or thirty five maybe forty miles an hour. He was

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<v Speaker 2>going faster than I would drive my car in that

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<v Speaker 2>in that part of brighton, to be honest with you,

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<v Speaker 2>and needless to say, I had rolled into the intersection,

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<v Speaker 2>just kind of seeing and then he flew by. I

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<v Speaker 2>mean he flew by of course, gave him a good

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<v Speaker 2>shot in the horn, which typical not I like, wake

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<v Speaker 2>him up, Wake up, man, I mean you, if someone

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<v Speaker 2>hadn't paid attention, he could have easily, easily he would

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<v Speaker 2>not have survived an accident. It scared me. So I

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<v Speaker 2>tell you that story simply to make the point. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not trying to go on an anti bike rand here

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<v Speaker 2>at all. I'm trying to make the point that we

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<v Speaker 2>got to be careful. You know, nobody wants to have

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<v Speaker 2>a hood ornament on their car of someone's someone else

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<v Speaker 2>or their bike.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>But you bike riders out there smart enough. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>own the roads. You don't pay for the roads. Drivers

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<v Speaker 2>pay for the roads. But protect yourself. Stop and stop,

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<v Speaker 2>obey the obey the laws in the road. It is

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<v Speaker 2>only for your own good that I'm trying to recommend

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<v Speaker 2>this to you. It's as simple as that. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>offended by it, I'm sorry, wake up, be offended. Keep

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<v Speaker 2>it in the back of your mind and maybe some

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<v Speaker 2>of you. One of you will save your life at

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<v Speaker 2>some point. Okay, sixty six seven ninety, let's go gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go to Tim. Tim, you are next up on nights.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate the fact that you held through the news,

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<v Speaker 2>the eleven o'clock news. You're up, Tim, go right ahead.

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<v Speaker 3>What's your thought, Tim, Dan, thanks for taking my call.

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<v Speaker 3>I think this whole thing's out of control. This bike

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<v Speaker 3>thing is ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>I tend to agree with you. I think that we

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<v Speaker 2>have surrendered the roads to the bicyclist thanks to the politician,

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<v Speaker 2>simple as that. Uh, but I don't want to see

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<v Speaker 2>anybody get hurt. I don't want to see anyone get hurt,

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<v Speaker 2>simple as that.

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<v Speaker 3>Stick as tolls, taxes, gass, they don't pay anything that's right,

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<v Speaker 3>and they.

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<v Speaker 2>They now own certain portions of the route. So you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the reality that we're dealing with. We have lost

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<v Speaker 2>that fight. As as automobile drivers, uh, you know, triple

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<v Speaker 2>A that should have been been standing there for us,

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<v Speaker 2>and the politicians have bent over backwards for the bike riders.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's that's fine. I just some of them, just

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<v Speaker 2>I have no idea. What was There wasn't much going

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<v Speaker 2>through this guy's mind yesterday morning. If I had not

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<v Speaker 2>been paying attention, he might not have made it through

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<v Speaker 2>that intersection. If I, if I was asleep at the wheel,

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<v Speaker 2>it was going to happen. I mean, we see, we

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<v Speaker 2>see cars stop on railroad tracks, so people obviously who

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<v Speaker 2>were driving are not thinking. But this guy, as a

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<v Speaker 2>bike rider, was not thinking. And you put him with

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<v Speaker 2>someone who's gonna stop on a railroad tracks and not

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<v Speaker 2>paying attention to the warning bells and the gates and

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<v Speaker 2>the lights and the noise. You know, it's it's it's.

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<v Speaker 4>I really feel I really feel bad.

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<v Speaker 3>That he were subjected to this guy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know again, it woke me up a little bit,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you, because I've seen some guys I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>For example, you're stopped at a red light, the bike

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<v Speaker 2>pulls up next to you, and the guy kind of

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<v Speaker 2>looks both ways. No traffic is coming, so he just

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<v Speaker 2>scoots through the intersection. At least he looks both ways. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>if we had done that and there was a police

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<v Speaker 2>officer there, we get pulled over for riding, for running

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<v Speaker 2>a red light, and when we see time nothing coming

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<v Speaker 2>into you the direction of the officer, CoP's gonna say

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<v Speaker 2>I don't really care. You went through a red light.

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<v Speaker 2>The guy on the bike goes through the red light,

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<v Speaker 2>there's nobody to stop him. They have learned that their

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<v Speaker 2>time is more valuable than our time. They are more

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<v Speaker 2>important than we are, and therefore you know they have

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<v Speaker 2>they have all of that.

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<v Speaker 3>That's You're absolutely right. They think they're more important than us.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what it comes down to, tim as always, man,

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<v Speaker 2>thank you much, appreciate your call.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, okay, thanks.

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<v Speaker 2>Dan, talk soon, palp bye by. Let's keep rolling here.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me get Angelo from Angelo. You're next nights, go

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<v Speaker 2>right ahead.

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<v Speaker 5>I don't answer. I hope you can hand me. Nobody

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<v Speaker 5>bes the laws anymore, Dan. I seen people go to

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<v Speaker 5>red lights, or either that the red lights and then

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<v Speaker 5>their daydreaming. They're looking at the phone. You blow the

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<v Speaker 5>on them because the light is green. They get mad

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<v Speaker 5>and now look, now, look what's going on the I'll

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<v Speaker 5>tell you something. I seen a person raving a standwheel

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<v Speaker 5>with their elbows on the wheel, or even a sandwich.

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<v Speaker 2>Worse than that.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh my god, if they ht somebody, they're gonna kill himself. Lin't.

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<v Speaker 5>I can't go to red lights like you won't believe

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<v Speaker 5>don't be abased red lights anymore. Dan, Yeah, unbelievable. What's

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<v Speaker 5>going on in this well? Was like they have their

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<v Speaker 5>minds some other place.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, unfortunately, And it would have been my fault, even

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<v Speaker 2>though the guy blew through the red light. It's so

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<v Speaker 2>you gotta you gotta be careful. I don't. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>want it in my conscience. I hope no one wants

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<v Speaker 2>it in their conscience. It's frustrating. It's very frustrating as

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<v Speaker 2>a driver. Uh. And there's no politician that I know

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<v Speaker 2>of who has ever taken a stance and said, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>we got to start. Look at what they've done in

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<v Speaker 2>West Roxbury. They've destroyed Center Street in West Roxbury. It's

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<v Speaker 2>that you kind of a parking space over there anymore.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you do, you're lucky. And they bicyclists have won.

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<v Speaker 5>And it's crazy. And nobody even though I'm gonna blak

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<v Speaker 5>a line on a walking crosswalk anymore, they blurry by you.

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<v Speaker 5>The other day, was I put the light on the street,

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<v Speaker 5>like four or five cars they kept right on board. Stop.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, just the common courtesy. My wife and I were

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<v Speaker 2>with our two and a half year old grandson on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 2>we went across a street in Newton. We took them

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<v Speaker 2>to Cabots ice Cream, had an ice cream and we're

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<v Speaker 2>we're standing there waiting across the street and these cars

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<v Speaker 2>just kept blowing by. Was like, okay, wait a seconds

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<v Speaker 2>and uh an older couple with a two and a

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<v Speaker 2>half year old. Maybe if someone wants to stop and

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<v Speaker 2>give us a chance. No, so, hey, we're all in

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<v Speaker 2>a rush. We're all in a rush. So swing down,

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<v Speaker 2>slow it down. Thanks.

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<v Speaker 5>Rush Where they go again?

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<v Speaker 2>Nowhere? No, they're going nowhere, but they're going nowhere fast. Agelo,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 3>Thanks buddy, that's right, that's I thank you again.

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<v Speaker 1>Once you two.

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<v Speaker 2>Good night. Here's my friend Laurie in Idaho. You don't

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<v Speaker 2>have to worry about bike riders in Idaho, I'm sure right.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yes we do.

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<v Speaker 3>Do you really stand tint Point cave to them years ago?

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<v Speaker 3>They don't even but there's not room for bike lines.

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<v Speaker 3>But they bikes have the right of way all over

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<v Speaker 3>downtown standpoint really, so every interception is that the law?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, there's a sign as you gives you get into town.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a pedestrian and bicycle friendly town. And because first,

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<v Speaker 3>you know, and my sister said, just don't even just

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<v Speaker 3>expect one to cross in front of you at every intersection,

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<v Speaker 3>because they will. And there's no room between the parking

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<v Speaker 3>and the so it's it is very frustrating, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>amazing for your story. How you see one little thing

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<v Speaker 3>it just catches your eye and you think, you know, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>It scared the heck out of me, to be honest

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<v Speaker 2>with you. I mean, I thought to myself, I was

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<v Speaker 2>just heading to the gym, so I was fine. I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't in any rush. There was no traffic on a

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<v Speaker 2>Sunday morning early great.

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<v Speaker 6>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>And all of a sudden I saw this guy and

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<v Speaker 2>I thought, it's this guy. Is this fool gonna stop?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I don't think he could have stopped.

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<v Speaker 7>No, probably break work.

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<v Speaker 2>But maybe maybe. And he looked like a nutty professor,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, kind of had that though the hair was wild.

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<v Speaker 2>I would say he was, you know, in his sixties.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't accuse rushing to meet dealer.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe I don't know, I don't know. Maybe he was

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<v Speaker 2>head and he was late for Mass on Sunday morning.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, he at the eight thirty.

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<v Speaker 3>But who did you have any reaction to the horn.

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<v Speaker 2>No, because he blew by me so fast it was

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<v Speaker 2>I blasphemed wow as best I could. But he was

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he was going if he was going forty

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<v Speaker 2>miles an hour. Okay, if you if you do sixty

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<v Speaker 2>miles an hour, you're doing eighty eight feet a second.

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<v Speaker 2>I learned that in driving school a long time ago.

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<v Speaker 2>So he's doing forty, he's doing about sixty feet a second.

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<v Speaker 2>So he was passed me in sixty feet. That's how

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<v Speaker 2>I calculated his speed.

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<v Speaker 2>I wanted him to like, wake up, right, but yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>woke up. Yeah. I was interested in getting through the

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<v Speaker 3>I just want real mess on your hands.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, And I didn't want I don't want

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<v Speaker 2>my car to get scratched.

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<v Speaker 3>Now exactly what a pain in the neck that would

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'm sorry to hear it that in Sandpoint Idaho.

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<v Speaker 3>Uh, they have taken over and this this road that

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<v Speaker 3>to get home. You know, three four in the breast

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and again their their day and their exercise. Do

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<v Speaker 3>Some of them are spandexy with lovely little pointy helmets

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<v Speaker 2>But what they want you to think like they're they're

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<v Speaker 2>they're a teammate of Lance Armstrong of some sort.

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<v Speaker 3>They're practicing for Tour de France. I know it's very important.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes, yes, or at least the tour by a

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<v Speaker 6>Right, that sounds much?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, the tour to Quartel, I like that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that would be great.

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<v Speaker 3>I think they do have one of those. Actually, I

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<v Speaker 3>think we have a short bike grace down the summer

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<v Speaker 3>now I think about it. I guess I stole that one,

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<v Speaker 3>but I guess yeah, okay, Well, I'm glad you stopped

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I'll tell you it would It would honestly, if

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<v Speaker 2>that ever happened, it would ruin your life. I mean

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<v Speaker 2>it would be like, oh my god, because you'd be

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<v Speaker 2>second guessing yourself. And I just happen to see this dude,

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<v Speaker 2>because if I hadn't seen him would have rolled through

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<v Speaker 2>the intersection. He either would have been an ornament on

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<v Speaker 2>my hood or he would have filled himself at the side.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean he he would have looked like a cartoon

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<v Speaker 2>one of those cartoon characters that hit the a and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm seriously flat.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And I wish the guy was listening. And if

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<v Speaker 2>he was, I wish he had at the courage to

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<v Speaker 2>call and say, hey, look, I'm sorry. I was out

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<v Speaker 2>of control, and maybe he had something on his mind

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<v Speaker 2>that that that didn't didn't permit him. He was on

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<v Speaker 2>an incline coming down. I'll give him that credit, which

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<v Speaker 2>is because he was flyn.

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<v Speaker 3>But he was in pajamas in a bathroom.

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<v Speaker 6>Come on, I think he was.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's what it looked like to me. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know.

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<v Speaker 4>It sent you a message earlier.

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<v Speaker 3>He was riding it like he was stolen, because it

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<v Speaker 3>probably was.

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<v Speaker 8>That could have been too, that could have been to

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<v Speaker 8>you never know, Laurie. You figured it out, all right,

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<v Speaker 8>Thanks Laurie, talk soon, okay, have a great right, all right.

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<v Speaker 8>I got a couple of lines if you'd like six, what, seven, two,

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<v Speaker 8>ten thirty, want to defend the the bicyclist.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, mate, I have no idea what this

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<v Speaker 2>guy was thinking. I know what he was thinking. He

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't thinking. It was as simple as that, because if

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<v Speaker 2>the bet anybody else, you know, I was lucky. I

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<v Speaker 2>was lucky that I didn't hit him. I was lucky

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<v Speaker 2>that I saw him coming and that I said to

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<v Speaker 2>him and there was no way it's going to beat

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<v Speaker 2>him through the intersection. Even though I had the green light,

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<v Speaker 2>I just didn't trust it. Back on Nightside, one line

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<v Speaker 2>at six one, seven ninety. I got some lines at

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<v Speaker 2>six one, seven, two, five, four to ten thirty. Love

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<v Speaker 2>to keep it going. If we don't, we'll finish up

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<v Speaker 2>and we'll go to something else. Coming back on Nightside.

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<v Speaker 1>You're on night Side with Dan Ray on w BEZ,

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<v Speaker 1>Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's go. We get Doug in North Carolina. Hey, Doug,

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<v Speaker 2>we go from Idaho to North Carolina. That's what nightside

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<v Speaker 2>is all about at this time of night. How were you, Doug?

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<v Speaker 6>Hey Dan? Long time, no speak. I just had to

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<v Speaker 6>get in on this. I couldn't resist. Once a week

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<v Speaker 6>I have the displeasure of going for Raleigh over to well,

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<v Speaker 6>we call it the People's Republic of Chapel Hill, and

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<v Speaker 6>that is where.

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<v Speaker 2>Go ahead. I'm sorry, Ayead.

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<v Speaker 6>Anyway, so that's where the University of North Carolina says.

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<v Speaker 6>Franklin Street goes right in front of it, and the

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<v Speaker 6>lights are timed. They're placed like every two or three blocks.

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<v Speaker 6>I feel like I'm back in New York, a light

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<v Speaker 6>every second or third block. Well, of course they are

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<v Speaker 6>all mistimed. So to go one mile from Chapel Hill

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<v Speaker 6>into Carboro takes about twenty twenty five minutes because you

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<v Speaker 6>stop at every light. Well, I finally asked a copper

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<v Speaker 6>in formally. I said, look, officer, I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 6>quote you directly, but what is the situation here with

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<v Speaker 6>these lights changing red every two blocks? He said, over

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<v Speaker 6>that time? For the bikes, the bikers, I said that

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<v Speaker 6>what Yeah, that's they're time for the bikers, so they're

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<v Speaker 6>not inconvenience. It used to be two lanes each way.

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<v Speaker 6>It's I mean, we're lucky to have one lane. Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, you know it's funny you call you called the bikers.

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<v Speaker 2>They're bicyclists. Okay, the bikers and guys and gals that

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<v Speaker 2>ride Harley's and stuff like that. Don't mix up bikers

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<v Speaker 2>with bicyclists. See if you know what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, but sometimes you don't know the difference.

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<v Speaker 2>Right by the way, I think I understand that you

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<v Speaker 2>would ask a police officer that question because if I

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<v Speaker 2>think we've had conversations before, and you are in the

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<v Speaker 2>field of journalism, correct.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, yeah, I spent my whole life on the air

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<v Speaker 6>up and you know, like you were on BUZ. I

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<v Speaker 6>was Channel four and Channel two in New York and

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<v Speaker 6>then CBS Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>So so therefore that's your natural instinct to be curious.

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<v Speaker 6>That's exactly just like you. Right, we can't pass the

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<v Speaker 6>situation without asking a question.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I have my quote from Einstein here that you've

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<v Speaker 2>heard me read. I'll read it again. Einstein said, smart guy.

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<v Speaker 2>He said, I have no special talent. I'm only passionately

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<v Speaker 2>curious curious. Yep, So that's that's what you and I are.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not Einstein, don't get me wrong, but we do

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<v Speaker 2>have that that interest. Doug, thank you, I'm driving.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm so sorry.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we'll do me a favor. Be more, be more

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<v Speaker 2>of a participant here at night side. I miss here

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<v Speaker 2>in your voice.

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<v Speaker 6>Thanks, give you bye bye, right back at you.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me keep you early here, going to go to

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<v Speaker 2>christ and Brock and Chris, you're next on nights. I

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<v Speaker 2>go ahead. How you doing, I'm doing great. How are

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<v Speaker 2>you tonight, Chris? Welcome?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, I'm doing well.

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<v Speaker 7>I'm doing well.

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<v Speaker 9>So last week I had the same kind of issue. Uh,

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<v Speaker 9>actually driving down the street going through a green light,

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<v Speaker 9>and it was a cyclist not paying attention, actually on

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<v Speaker 9>his cell phone, and he actually, as I'm driving, ran

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<v Speaker 9>right into the side of my car, went right up

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<v Speaker 9>over my hood and everything, and uh, you know, just

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<v Speaker 9>not even paying attention.

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<v Speaker 2>How much how much damage? How much damage to the bicyclist?

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<v Speaker 2>How much damage to your car?

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<v Speaker 9>Well the bicyclist cut up and walked away.

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<v Speaker 3>Really, yeah, he knew he was not he knew he

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<v Speaker 3>was at.

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<v Speaker 9>Fall he tried to walk away. The police, you know,

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<v Speaker 9>came obviously, and you know they stopped and talked to

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<v Speaker 9>him and everything.

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<v Speaker 10>And I had several witnesses that you know, stopped to

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<v Speaker 10>say that it wasn't my fault moddly.

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<v Speaker 4>And you know, there wasn't much he could say to do.

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<v Speaker 9>I mean, he just was not paying attention.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's a constant thing.

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<v Speaker 9>It always happens.

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<v Speaker 10>I see it all the time.

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<v Speaker 5>These guys just they.

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<v Speaker 9>Don't even pay attention.

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<v Speaker 10>They don't care if the lights green, red, purple, yellow, whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>That guy could have bought the farm. The only time

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<v Speaker 2>that I ever had anything run into the side of

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<v Speaker 2>my car was on Martha's vineyard maybe twenty years ago,

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<v Speaker 2>when a deer in in the mating season came out

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<v Speaker 2>and I basically nailed him. It was like hitting a

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<v Speaker 2>stone wall, came out of nowhere, nowhere. And but for

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<v Speaker 2>a bicyclist that that's this guy yesterday, if he if

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<v Speaker 2>if he had hit my car, he would not have survived.

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<v Speaker 2>At the speed he was going. This guy was going

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<v Speaker 2>at least thirty five forty miles an hour on a

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<v Speaker 2>downhill track.

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<v Speaker 10>Yeah, I tell you, it's scary, you know, it's scared

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<v Speaker 10>the liver bajeevas out of me.

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<v Speaker 3>I have a I mean, so let me ask you,

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<v Speaker 3>let me let me anyway.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, let me ask you.

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<v Speaker 2>Was there damage to your car? Once we know that

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<v Speaker 2>he survived, was there damage to your car or to

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<v Speaker 2>his bike?

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<v Speaker 10>I don't know about because he, like I said, he

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<v Speaker 10>picked up and walked away pretty quick once you heard

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<v Speaker 10>the police coming.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, my car is minimal.

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<v Speaker 10>I mean you can tell where.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know if it was a knee or a

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<v Speaker 6>should to hit it.

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<v Speaker 10>There's a in my front corner, pianel.

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<v Speaker 2>So who's gonna who's gonna pay to get that fixed?

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<v Speaker 1>More life?

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<v Speaker 7>That's gonna come out of pocket?

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<v Speaker 10>Because I don't think the guy.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't.

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<v Speaker 3>I haven't still haven't got any info.

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<v Speaker 6>From the guy yet.

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<v Speaker 10>I got to get the police report today, which I

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<v Speaker 10>went there to get that today, but I couldn't get

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<v Speaker 10>anywhere near it because they're doing roadwork the police department.

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<v Speaker 7>So I'll try again tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 2>Go for it. Thanks. Thanks. I'm glad that that there

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't more damnage to a car, and I'm glad that

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<v Speaker 2>the guy survived so that that was not hanging on

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<v Speaker 2>your you know on your conscience, simple as that. I

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate it very much, Chris, thank you so much for

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<v Speaker 2>calling and enjoying the conversation. Thank you, Thank you, Den,

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<v Speaker 2>talk to you soon.

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<v Speaker 4>Have night.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, going to take quick break. I got some

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<v Speaker 2>open lines here. Come on, let's finish strong six one

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<v Speaker 2>seven four ten thirty six one seven nine three one

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<v Speaker 2>ten thirty. We're talking about our bike riders. I had

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<v Speaker 2>this guy yesterday. I mentioned it clearly. He's coming down

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<v Speaker 2>the road. He's going thirty five to forty miles an

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<v Speaker 2>hour Washington Street and Brighton. I saw him coming. The

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<v Speaker 2>light turned green, his light turned red. He never slowed down,

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<v Speaker 2>never breaked, blew through the intersection. I was aware of him.

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<v Speaker 2>I started into the intersection. I stopped because I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>think I could get through the intersection without clip, without

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<v Speaker 2>him clipping me or me clipping him. And frankly, I

436
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<v Speaker 2>didn't want him as a hood ornament. Uh and the

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<v Speaker 2>and the few few extra seconds. I'm just going to

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<v Speaker 2>the gym on a Sunday morning. I couldn't have been

439
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<v Speaker 2>more relaxed. But on a in a dif different set

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<v Speaker 2>of circumstances, maybe I wouldn't have noticed people like I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not perfect. You daydream and you're thinking about something. Why

442
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<v Speaker 2>did the Red Sox lose yesterday? And you're not You

443
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<v Speaker 2>don't look, you gotta look, you gotta look. Drive defensively,

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<v Speaker 2>assuming someone out there is trying to hitch your We'll

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<v Speaker 2>be back on Nightside right after this break. And I

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<v Speaker 2>got some lines, come on, fill them up. Six, one, seven, two, five, four, ten, thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>And if you're a bike driver rider and you think

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<v Speaker 2>bowling through an intersection with a red light at thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five forty miles an hour is okay, make the case.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll listen to you. I won't agree with you, but

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<v Speaker 2>i'll listen to you. Coming back on Nightside, you're.

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<v Speaker 1>On Night Side with Dan Ray. I'm w Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, here we go, let's keep rolling. Let me

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<v Speaker 2>go to Jim. Jimy you were next on Nightside. Welcome Jim.

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<v Speaker 2>How are you tonight? Where would Jim be.

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<v Speaker 11>On Kansas City?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 11>Jim, go ahead, Okay, thanks Dann. Well, look, I'm not

459
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<v Speaker 11>gonna argue the side of somebody who blew through a

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<v Speaker 11>red light, but I just see this an opportunity for education,

461
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<v Speaker 11>and I just would like to point out that there's

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<v Speaker 11>a big difference between a motorcycle and a bicycle. So

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<v Speaker 11>before we go impuning bicyclists, I think we should make

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<v Speaker 11>sure that we know whether or not the thing had

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<v Speaker 11>a motor on it. If it had a motor on it, No.

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<v Speaker 2>It didn't have a mode. It was a bicycle. I

467
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<v Speaker 2>saw it pretty clearly. It was a bicycle. Guy was

468
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<v Speaker 2>peddling the bicycle. Okay, all right, well I know I'm

469
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<v Speaker 2>just telling you it wasn't. It wasn't. It was a bicycle.

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<v Speaker 2>And as a matter of fact, the guy looked as

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<v Speaker 2>I said to you he had. He looked to me

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<v Speaker 2>like he might have been either wearing pajamas and a bathrobe.

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<v Speaker 2>It was an odd, uh state of dress. To be

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<v Speaker 2>honest with you, he kind of you look look like

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<v Speaker 2>a nutty professor type guy. Is what he looked like.

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<v Speaker 11>If you I'm just I know, it sounds to me

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<v Speaker 11>like he might have been wearing, uh like a spring

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<v Speaker 11>suit with a with a rain jacket.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know, but uh, you know, I.

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<v Speaker 2>Tired, Jim. If he was Natalie or Natalie attired as

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<v Speaker 2>I should say, I would have told you, No, the

482
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<v Speaker 2>guy looked like he looked weird, and I just for

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<v Speaker 2>for a caught him out of the corner of my eye.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I don't think this guy is gonna stop.

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<v Speaker 2>And I've waited a couple more seconds and became obvious,

486
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<v Speaker 2>so I did not proceed through the intersection. Thank god.

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<v Speaker 11>Well, I'm sorry. Well I'm sure, I'm sorry. You were shocked,

488
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<v Speaker 11>and I can I can see how that would be

489
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<v Speaker 11>very shocking, and I, uh, you know, I laud you

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<v Speaker 11>for being you know, alert operator.

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<v Speaker 2>Look, Jim another, I'm not looking for any sort of

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<v Speaker 2>law a laudatory comments or or anything. I'm just saying

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<v Speaker 2>I'm using it as as a cautionary tale. I've driven

494
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<v Speaker 2>plenty of times and you're sort of you know, your daydreaming. Okay,

495
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<v Speaker 2>we've all done that. Okay, and you say, how did

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<v Speaker 2>I get this far down one twenty eight or what?

497
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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, No, that's I can

498
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<v Speaker 2>happen to be alert. I was alert and I saw.

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<v Speaker 11>That, and I thought, you're very you're a very responsible person.

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<v Speaker 11>And I don't know if you know this or not,

501
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<v Speaker 11>and I'm not completely aware of it all the time,

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<v Speaker 11>but even when you have a green light, you still

503
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<v Speaker 11>are required to stop for vehicles that are not yielding.

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<v Speaker 11>You can't. If you see them coming, you can't just go.

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<v Speaker 11>You can go, but it's not necessarily their fault because

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<v Speaker 11>you had the green light. You're still required to yield

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<v Speaker 11>to vehicles that are out of control.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't know what the laws are like in Missouri,

509
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<v Speaker 2>but I can tell you that if let us say,

510
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<v Speaker 2>you do have the green light and you roll into

511
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<v Speaker 2>an intersection with the green light and somebody blows through

512
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<v Speaker 2>on a red light, you may be obligated if common

513
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<v Speaker 2>sense tells you to stop. I'm not looking to lose

514
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<v Speaker 2>my lose my car the use of my car for

515
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<v Speaker 2>a couple of weeks because but but in terms of

516
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<v Speaker 2>the ultimate fault as you describe it, you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think you could add contributory negligence and say, well,

518
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<v Speaker 2>you know, did you see him coming. Most people are

519
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<v Speaker 2>going to say no, I didn't see him coming. But

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<v Speaker 2>even if they said, yeah, but I was stunned when

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<v Speaker 2>he didn't stop, you know, I mean, well.

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<v Speaker 11>Okay, so lawsrey different in all states, and police officers

523
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<v Speaker 11>interpret him differently at the scene of all and so

524
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<v Speaker 11>there's no time. But it could it could happen to

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<v Speaker 11>even somebody behind the wheel of a car. They they

526
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<v Speaker 11>maybe are not paying attention, they go through a red light,

527
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<v Speaker 11>and yeah, you want to be you want to be

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<v Speaker 11>watching for that.

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<v Speaker 2>Kind of my attitude is there's always someone out there

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<v Speaker 2>who is distracted, and I do not want to get

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<v Speaker 2>into an accident. Period.

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<v Speaker 11>I I really don't like these motorized bicycles because they

533
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<v Speaker 11>give regular bicycles a really bad rap. Motorized I'm saying,

534
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<v Speaker 11>I'm saying, I know that I'm saying on a different

535
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<v Speaker 11>on a different subject. They are They're terrior It's it's

536
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<v Speaker 11>terrible because it's a lot of fun. I mean, it's

537
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<v Speaker 11>really fun going, you know, twenty thirty miles an hour

538
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<v Speaker 11>on a bicycle, no helm, but man, when you hit

539
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<v Speaker 11>that pavement, it's it. The fun stops.

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<v Speaker 2>Would it surprise you if I told you that that

541
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<v Speaker 2>irrespective of what this guy was wearing for clothes, irrespective

542
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<v Speaker 2>he didn't have a helmet on.

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<v Speaker 11>No helmet, Yeah they don't work.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 11>So anyway, well, the reason I know that, Sorry, I'm

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<v Speaker 11>sorry you had a bad experience, and I mean, I really.

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<v Speaker 6>Responsible operate.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you say, no harm, no foul, so nobody

549
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<v Speaker 2>got hurt. I hope that he didn't crash into someone

550
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<v Speaker 2>else later.

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<v Speaker 11>He will, he will, he will, he'll, he will, he'll

552
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<v Speaker 11>he will. You know, you're you're rewarded by your own

553
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<v Speaker 11>good behavior. He behave, will be upon for his own

554
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<v Speaker 11>bad behavior.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, anyway, I don't want to get theological here.

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<v Speaker 2>That's okay, Thanks Jim, we'll talk later. Thanks man, good night.

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<v Speaker 2>Let me go to Matt. Matt, and you were next

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<v Speaker 2>on NICEA go right ahead, gonna get you in here

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<v Speaker 2>before the break.

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<v Speaker 7>Go ahead, Matt, All right, how are we going then?

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<v Speaker 12>You know, I hope you had a good weekend with

562
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<v Speaker 12>your granddaughter and uh cabin had.

563
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<v Speaker 2>A great weekend. Got got to the gym on Sunday,

564
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<v Speaker 2>which is a huge positive. Yeah. Great, lot of fun,

565
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<v Speaker 2>a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So I'll say quickly.

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<v Speaker 12>You know, I'm right outside you know Breton, you know square,

569
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<v Speaker 12>And I was one time walking on a crosswalk. It

570
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<v Speaker 12>was about twelve o'clock in the morning, and I got

571
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<v Speaker 12>hit by a car straight up and the person drove

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<v Speaker 12>off an appreciation major Wait, yeah, did you get.

573
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<v Speaker 2>Hit by the front of the car or did the sideswipe?

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<v Speaker 2>You tell me about it.

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<v Speaker 12>No, no, no, I was walked, came across the crosswalk

576
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<v Speaker 12>and he hit me on you know, my rib area

577
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<v Speaker 12>or shit and kept driving. Yes, I mean it's right

578
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<v Speaker 12>around that area too, from where you were saying.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you know when I when I talk about Washington

580
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<v Speaker 2>Street heading into Oak Square and if you've gone by

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<v Speaker 2>the CBS on your right and you come down the

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<v Speaker 2>Lake Street and he's coming down an incline, so he's

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<v Speaker 2>going pretty fast anyway.

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<v Speaker 7>I know exactly what you mean.

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<v Speaker 12>Yeah, more like you know, I live five minutes less

586
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<v Speaker 12>from there. But I'll say, you know, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 12>You know your last caller if in Missouri that a

588
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<v Speaker 12>yellow white doesn't mean that you keep going and you

589
00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:51.160
<v Speaker 12>speed up. Yeah, you don't want to have a hood ornament.

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<v Speaker 7>And I feel bad that.

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<v Speaker 12>You went through that, But you know, diligence is on

592
00:29:57.400 --> 00:30:01.119
<v Speaker 12>the obviously the person who needs to pay attention. You're

593
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<v Speaker 12>lucky that you were looking in the right way, and

594
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<v Speaker 12>you're nothing that anybody would want on their.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because you're always going to second guess yourself from

596
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<v Speaker 2>the under those circumstances. And I just wish that look

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<v Speaker 2>with as I said a couple of times and I'll

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<v Speaker 2>say it one more time. All of us have been

599
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<v Speaker 2>in Boston, have been at a red light and a

600
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<v Speaker 2>bike comes up on your right hand side, uh, and

601
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<v Speaker 2>they kind of slow down and they look both ways

602
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<v Speaker 2>and there's nothing coming and they proceed through the intersection.

603
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<v Speaker 2>I've seen that happen a thousand times.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I did it.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna get pulled over. They don't get pulled over.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think with hit that gives them a sense

607
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<v Speaker 2>of false confidence, and this guy had some sort of

608
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<v Speaker 2>a sense of false confidence. I have no idea why

609
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<v Speaker 2>he was. He was just barreling.

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<v Speaker 12>I mean, he was, he was moving, stars were open early,

611
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<v Speaker 12>and man, you know, I mean, whatever it is, you know,

612
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<v Speaker 12>I you know, it just it's just good that you know,

613
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<v Speaker 12>hopefully he you know, hopefully it's something that wouldn't happen

614
00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:10.880
<v Speaker 12>again with that person. But when you're that aloof and

615
00:31:11.000 --> 00:31:12.960
<v Speaker 12>you know, you were so attentive to it that you

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<v Speaker 12>even remember what he was wearing, which shows that you

617
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<v Speaker 12>really were cognitive and lucky to be looking kind of

618
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<v Speaker 12>in that.

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<v Speaker 2>Way, it struck me weird. It struck me weird. He

620
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<v Speaker 2>had kind of there was no helmet, so his hair's

621
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<v Speaker 2>kind of flying because he's moving fast. He's older. I

622
00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:29.839
<v Speaker 2>can tell you that he didn't have a full head

623
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<v Speaker 2>of hair, but his hair was kind of flying. And

624
00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:34.480
<v Speaker 2>he looked to me. I was thinking, was this guy

625
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<v Speaker 2>in pajamas in a robe? I mean, that's what it

626
00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:39.160
<v Speaker 2>struck me as. Now, maybe it was different, Maybe it

627
00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:42.519
<v Speaker 2>was a long overcoat. I don't know, but it struck

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<v Speaker 2>me as weird. And when when he threw when he

629
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<v Speaker 2>flew through the red light, I said, thank you. I mean,

630
00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:55.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, I blasted the horn at him. I mean,

631
00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:58.599
<v Speaker 2>just to wake him up. I thought to myself, this guy,

632
00:31:59.200 --> 00:32:01.279
<v Speaker 2>this guy is on Dream Street anyway.

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00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:05.519
<v Speaker 12>Uh yeah, Well, hopefully he won't do that again, because

634
00:32:05.559 --> 00:32:08.680
<v Speaker 12>you know, it's not it's not just not there. It's

635
00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:12.079
<v Speaker 12>more not there to the driver because it's you know,

636
00:32:12.160 --> 00:32:17.680
<v Speaker 12>it's the mental part of it would be with you, second's.

637
00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:19.599
<v Speaker 2>Second guessing yourself. He didn't particularly care about the value

638
00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:23.359
<v Speaker 2>of his own life, right or or he just he

639
00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:26.720
<v Speaker 2>just was on some sort of mission and he was

640
00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:29.720
<v Speaker 2>so focused. But I don't see how if you're on

641
00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:31.799
<v Speaker 2>a bike you blow through a red light.

642
00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:33.960
<v Speaker 7>That like, I get that top.

643
00:32:34.160 --> 00:32:39.599
<v Speaker 2>You know, that term for his hair, don't maybe beg

644
00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:44.319
<v Speaker 2>you man, you too, will take a quick break. I

645
00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:46.039
<v Speaker 2>got room for a couple more if you want to

646
00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:48.920
<v Speaker 2>slide in here. Six one, seven, two, five four ten

647
00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:52.039
<v Speaker 2>thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty. We'll

648
00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:54.759
<v Speaker 2>wrap it up on the other side. Gonna get Eddie

649
00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:57.039
<v Speaker 2>and Reddy coming up. And I got Tim and Michigan.

650
00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Always go hear from Tim and Michigan for from a

651
00:32:59.440 --> 00:33:02.519
<v Speaker 2>bunch of states tonight, Idaho, LORII and Idaho. Doug in

652
00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:05.400
<v Speaker 2>North Carolina Gym in Kansas City. I think we have

653
00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:08.240
<v Speaker 2>anybody earlier. Yeah, we had Richard from Maine in the

654
00:33:08.319 --> 00:33:10.960
<v Speaker 2>first hour. Always good to get a little cross section

655
00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:13.440
<v Speaker 2>of people around the country. Feel free to join the

656
00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:16.000
<v Speaker 2>conversation wherever you were located. I got room for you

657
00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:18.160
<v Speaker 2>if you dial right now six one, seven, two, five

658
00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:20.599
<v Speaker 2>four to ten thirty one line there, six one, seven,

659
00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.839
<v Speaker 2>nine three one ten thirty one line there. If you

660
00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:24.880
<v Speaker 2>had a similar experience, if you want to, If you

661
00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:27.559
<v Speaker 2>want to chastise me and tell me that I shouldn't

662
00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:30.000
<v Speaker 2>be criticizing a bicycle, it's fine. I'll listen to you.

663
00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:32.440
<v Speaker 2>I won't agree with you, but i'll listen to you.

664
00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:34.720
<v Speaker 2>Coming back on night's side, and I am not doing

665
00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:37.240
<v Speaker 2>a Clint Eastwood. This is not get off my lawn.

666
00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:42.519
<v Speaker 2>This is me telling you verbatim what happened. And thank

667
00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:46.680
<v Speaker 2>God that I'm not sitting here tonight saying hit this guy,

668
00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:52.000
<v Speaker 2>because that I wouldn't want that on my conscience. And look,

669
00:33:52.079 --> 00:33:54.640
<v Speaker 2>it could happen if I wasn't paying attention. I think

670
00:33:55.839 --> 00:34:00.319
<v Speaker 2>just as it had happened to the Chris Don and rocked,

671
00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.079
<v Speaker 2>and he would have slammed into the side of the

672
00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:05.640
<v Speaker 2>car and he would have suffered the consequences as would

673
00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:07.680
<v Speaker 2>of my car. Coming back on Nightside.

674
00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:13.519
<v Speaker 1>Side with Dan Ray on Boston's news radio.

675
00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:17.480
<v Speaker 2>By the way, tomorrow night, be talking with a couple

676
00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:22.559
<v Speaker 2>of Massachusetts sheriffs, Sheriff McDermott he's down in Plymouth County,

677
00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:26.920
<v Speaker 2>and Sheriff Bowler. We are going to talk to them

678
00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:32.400
<v Speaker 2>about their decisions to cooperate with ICE. That is an

679
00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:39.519
<v Speaker 2>interesting topic. As we watched this whole question of immigration

680
00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:43.239
<v Speaker 2>deportation to inspire. We haven't touched it much, but we

681
00:34:43.280 --> 00:34:45.559
<v Speaker 2>will touch that tomorrow night. At least that is our

682
00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:49.519
<v Speaker 2>intention at this point, as sheriff's both now in New

683
00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:57.880
<v Speaker 2>Hampshire and Massachusetts, have decided to change their relationship with

684
00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:02.000
<v Speaker 2>immigration and customs in force. Let's finish Strong, going to

685
00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:04.679
<v Speaker 2>go to Eddie in reading Eddie, appreciate you. Call you

686
00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.639
<v Speaker 2>next night side.

687
00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.599
<v Speaker 4>Dan just came back from just came back from the

688
00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:16.000
<v Speaker 4>villages in Florida. Who And it's an interesting, interesting place. Okay,

689
00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.199
<v Speaker 4>tell me why.

690
00:35:17.320 --> 00:35:19.719
<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you why because I know that we have

691
00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:22.519
<v Speaker 2>listeners down in the villages. Were you down there visiting

692
00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.840
<v Speaker 2>or were you spending the week?

693
00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:28.679
<v Speaker 4>No, I spent some time there. And the bicycle groups

694
00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:31.679
<v Speaker 4>down there, they're riding groups like fifteen to twenty okay,

695
00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:35.119
<v Speaker 4>like a pack, a real pack.

696
00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:37.480
<v Speaker 7>You're right, And now they'll go by you.

697
00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:40.320
<v Speaker 4>And down there in particularly there's a lot of round

698
00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:42.480
<v Speaker 4>the bus so they have to stop. Okay, they just

699
00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:46.280
<v Speaker 4>can't go because the dangerous place to drive because everybody's

700
00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:48.559
<v Speaker 4>thirty five or rady and that doesn't work.

701
00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:51.000
<v Speaker 2>So well, okay, ask you how old is the How

702
00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:53.639
<v Speaker 2>old is the bicyclists? Are they of retired?

703
00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:53.920
<v Speaker 5>Yeah?

704
00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:56.079
<v Speaker 4>There, well they were, Well they're well, they're all they're

705
00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:58.199
<v Speaker 4>all you know, Lance Armstrong want to be.

706
00:35:58.400 --> 00:36:01.400
<v Speaker 2>But so there people, I'm sorry to hear.

707
00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:03.599
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, they're all dressed, Yeah, they're all dressed. Up, I

708
00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:05.559
<v Speaker 4>be going to the prompt. It's like it's like, uh,

709
00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:09.719
<v Speaker 4>you know, who's riding with who, who's cutting This particular day,

710
00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:13.519
<v Speaker 4>I'm coming out of my street and there's a fellow

711
00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:15.400
<v Speaker 4>in front of me, and he's riding along, and all

712
00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:17.719
<v Speaker 4>of a sudden they see a group called by fifteen

713
00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:20.440
<v Speaker 4>or twenty, and a couple of them are riding side

714
00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:22.880
<v Speaker 4>by side. For some reason, I'm not sure if they

715
00:36:22.960 --> 00:36:24.800
<v Speaker 4>have a thing where they give a signal and somebody

716
00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:26.679
<v Speaker 4>takes off on the back and goes up to the front,

717
00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:29.880
<v Speaker 4>you know, some kind some kind of procedure they use one. Anyway,

718
00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.960
<v Speaker 4>this guy's going.

719
00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:34.199
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of it's kind of like a Patriots calling

720
00:36:34.239 --> 00:36:37.519
<v Speaker 2>a play in a huddle, you know, said they they're gonna,

721
00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:41.360
<v Speaker 2>you know, a play action, you know whatever. The half

722
00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:45.159
<v Speaker 2>backs out. Yeah, okay, good enough, like a.

723
00:36:45.280 --> 00:36:46.800
<v Speaker 4>Race of the fruitcake because of what it is.

724
00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:48.039
<v Speaker 2>Okay, okay.

725
00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.920
<v Speaker 4>So they come to this round or everything roundabout selling

726
00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:54.800
<v Speaker 4>there just to everybody alive. So they stopped a round about.

727
00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:57.280
<v Speaker 4>This guy stopped in front of him. Well, all of

728
00:36:57.280 --> 00:37:00.239
<v Speaker 4>a sudden, the lead guy in the bicycle group, I

729
00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:05.920
<v Speaker 4>can see him kick this guy's car. Okay, So again,

730
00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.920
<v Speaker 4>you don't want to be a witness of anything today.

731
00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:12.000
<v Speaker 4>Listen to somebody coming in your house anyway. The guy

732
00:37:12.079 --> 00:37:14.159
<v Speaker 4>gets in his car, he cuts, you know, cuts in

733
00:37:14.280 --> 00:37:16.400
<v Speaker 4>front of the bicycle. Listen again, it's ten or fifteen

734
00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:18.519
<v Speaker 4>of this. So he gets out and walks around his

735
00:37:18.639 --> 00:37:21.800
<v Speaker 4>car and I can see him. Job char The guy

736
00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:26.199
<v Speaker 4>kicks his car again. Okay, boy, Well, now the guy

737
00:37:26.280 --> 00:37:29.599
<v Speaker 4>who's on foot, he whacks him. He goes over. He's hot,

738
00:37:29.760 --> 00:37:34.199
<v Speaker 4>he's out cold on the grass. Jesus. So now you

739
00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:37.519
<v Speaker 4>got to everybody else off their bikes and all commer

740
00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:39.159
<v Speaker 4>game might have got there. Gang fight.

741
00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:42.440
<v Speaker 2>Villagers.

742
00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:46.519
<v Speaker 4>Okay, a gang fight, I says, I said. I'm saying

743
00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:48.760
<v Speaker 4>to myself, well, I don't know if I want to

744
00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:51.079
<v Speaker 4>see this at all. But they happen to have these

745
00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:52.840
<v Speaker 4>guys to go around checking on your house. And he

746
00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:56.000
<v Speaker 4>happen to come along, and he's like he's sixty five

747
00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:59.559
<v Speaker 4>or seventy. So he gets out, the fires down, the

748
00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:02.719
<v Speaker 4>situation down, and of course they're all around the guy.

749
00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:05.760
<v Speaker 4>Now who whacked the other guy? And so finally I'm

750
00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:08.360
<v Speaker 4>not sure what he said, but they wait. The gun

751
00:38:08.599 --> 00:38:11.360
<v Speaker 4>get to go off the ground and he's Woody, he's

752
00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:16.320
<v Speaker 4>not right his bike again for a while. They throw

753
00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:20.199
<v Speaker 4>the bike in the guy's car and here they all

754
00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:23.159
<v Speaker 4>continue on. But now they get you said, they get

755
00:38:23.159 --> 00:38:26.760
<v Speaker 4>the motors on the bikes. As I'll tell you what,

756
00:38:26.880 --> 00:38:29.280
<v Speaker 4>you hit the pavement going forty miles an hour, you'll know.

757
00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:29.840
<v Speaker 7>It, you know.

758
00:38:30.159 --> 00:38:31.519
<v Speaker 6>So they're on.

759
00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:34.719
<v Speaker 2>So these these folks are on motorized bikes, not just

760
00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:35.559
<v Speaker 2>regular bikes.

761
00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:36.599
<v Speaker 5>Some a.

762
00:38:38.119 --> 00:38:40.559
<v Speaker 4>The ones who all the um they cheat.

763
00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:43.760
<v Speaker 2>Oh right, I get it, yeah, right right, Age as

764
00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:47.440
<v Speaker 2>his priority, Eddie, I love the story. Huh. I've heard

765
00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:49.679
<v Speaker 2>a lot about the villagers. Have never been there, but

766
00:38:49.760 --> 00:38:52.000
<v Speaker 2>I know there's a lot of people from New England

767
00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:54.320
<v Speaker 2>who were down there. And I'm sorry to hear that

768
00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:58.639
<v Speaker 2>that that bikes are causing such a problem in the villages.

769
00:38:58.760 --> 00:39:01.880
<v Speaker 4>Oh well, hey, people, you know, people get killed down

770
00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:02.559
<v Speaker 4>here just they do in.

771
00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:06.800
<v Speaker 2>Bar them well, driving habits with them, I guess. And

772
00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:10.079
<v Speaker 2>I got to get Tim in Michigan in Hey. Thank

773
00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:13.440
<v Speaker 2>you for calling. It was very entertaining call. Please call again.

774
00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:16.079
<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much, one of the best calls of

775
00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:19.119
<v Speaker 2>the night. Thanks, good night, Tim and Michigan. Timm, you're

776
00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:22.239
<v Speaker 2>going to wrap the hour for us. Go ahead, Tim YEP.

777
00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:25.280
<v Speaker 7>One of the things I'll tell you going up front

778
00:39:25.440 --> 00:39:30.639
<v Speaker 7>is I'm a hardcore, uh you know, semi retired racing

779
00:39:30.840 --> 00:39:34.000
<v Speaker 7>cyclist for like the last sixty years. I have a

780
00:39:34.079 --> 00:39:37.519
<v Speaker 7>pretty good idea of what this is all about. What

781
00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:40.639
<v Speaker 7>you have is you have people on bicycles who have

782
00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:44.000
<v Speaker 7>not a clue that they should be observing the road

783
00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:46.800
<v Speaker 7>more than two inches off the front of their front wheel,

784
00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:52.639
<v Speaker 7>and everything seems to pop up magically right in front

785
00:39:52.639 --> 00:39:56.000
<v Speaker 7>of them, doesn't You didn't even see it? Yeah, you

786
00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:58.599
<v Speaker 7>know somebody who somebody who has a little bit of

787
00:39:58.760 --> 00:40:02.480
<v Speaker 7>experience that doesn't occur because you're looking well up the road,

788
00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:06.519
<v Speaker 7>you're scanning left to right, you're listening with your ears

789
00:40:06.599 --> 00:40:09.559
<v Speaker 7>to listen for vehicles that are going to overtake you.

790
00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:15.239
<v Speaker 7>That's that's the trademark of an experienced cyclist. Unfortunately, there's

791
00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:17.599
<v Speaker 7>a whole bunch of inexperienced cyclists.

792
00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:20.320
<v Speaker 2>Look. When I was younger, I used to run a

793
00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:25.400
<v Speaker 2>lot in Sherborne, which is if you know Massachusetts, it's

794
00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:29.119
<v Speaker 2>a nice area and I was always aware of I

795
00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:36.159
<v Speaker 2>always ran, I tried to run with the traffic, but

796
00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:39.239
<v Speaker 2>I was always cognizant of what was coming up behind me,

797
00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:42.400
<v Speaker 2>and you almost can develop a sixth sense if somebody

798
00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:45.360
<v Speaker 2>was coming too fast. Uh, And you always had to

799
00:40:45.440 --> 00:40:47.360
<v Speaker 2>have an escape plan. You know, where am I going

800
00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:47.840
<v Speaker 2>to go to?

801
00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:51.920
<v Speaker 7>In Michigan, you'd have to run against the traffic.

802
00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:56.079
<v Speaker 2>And that makes me, that makes and that makes a

803
00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:59.880
<v Speaker 2>lot of sense. But uh, they were, they were. There

804
00:40:59.880 --> 00:41:02.119
<v Speaker 2>were certain roads where it was easy to run against it,

805
00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:04.400
<v Speaker 2>and some roads were easy to run run with.

806
00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:07.599
<v Speaker 7>You got to use your own chosen discretion.

807
00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:08.880
<v Speaker 2>You got it, You got it.

808
00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:11.559
<v Speaker 6>The one thing that has coming up, I think it's

809
00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.440
<v Speaker 6>how much we got here?

810
00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:12.679
<v Speaker 2>Rob?

811
00:41:12.760 --> 00:41:13.039
<v Speaker 6>How much?

812
00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.480
<v Speaker 2>Please? Thirty seconds? Okay. I hate to do this to you, Tim,

813
00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:19.559
<v Speaker 2>but I'm flat out. So we'll talk again maybe later

814
00:41:19.639 --> 00:41:22.760
<v Speaker 2>in the week. Okay, I'm with you. Thanks Tim, appreciate

815
00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:25.199
<v Speaker 2>the call. I'm sorry, ran out of time. All dogs,

816
00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:26.960
<v Speaker 2>all cats, all pets go to heaven. That's my pal

817
00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:31.119
<v Speaker 2>Charlie Rays who passed, who fifteen years ago in February.

818
00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:33.519
<v Speaker 2>That's all your pets are who had passed. They loved you,

819
00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:35.360
<v Speaker 2>You love them. I do believe you'll see them again.

820
00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:37.440
<v Speaker 2>See again on Night's side. Tomorrow night, I'll be on

821
00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:39.960
<v Speaker 2>Facebook Night's O with Dan Ray in a couple of minutes.

822
00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:42.039
<v Speaker 2>We'll see you there as well. Thank you everybody, have

823
00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.719
<v Speaker 2>a great Tuesday.